I just love love love your blog! Your granny knicker pinks are gorgeous but not as gorgeous as Olive! I have Jamie in my kitchen all the time and once you get used to him his style rubs off. My lastest blog post is about my pondering a pink kitchen, not sure if im brave enough...we will have to compare notes lol.By the way...most days are dressed down for me, that way when I make an effort it is noticed x

How lovely is your man, knowing what you needed. I think a day dressed in less than your finest makes more time for the day. No faffing getting dressed and cleaned up and much more comfy. Love the red fabric on your cushion by the way.

I had a weekend of very 'lazy' dressing! Hubby was a little shocked, it's not like me usually, but he decided to join in and so sloth we did! We even went to breakfast in our sadest tracky's! I must say that was a risk I would not normally take & I'm glad we didn't see anyone we knew! Love your chair & good luck on peachying up your room!

ah ha! you are quite right indeed, i am most attracted to the wallpapers within jamie's pages... each kitchen is retro granny chic goodness at it's best and with such pictures to inspire me, i know i can indeed cook!

as for the little peek of crocheted goodness, you never miss a trick do you! here's a link to a better picture... http://www.flickr.com/photos/dottieangel/4254777964/in/set-72157622830301336/

alas the thrifty gods have not blessed me with any more button kits, but there is granny knicker pink and red within the update... yes, i managed to sneek it in, hee, hee, ha, ha :)

Jamie is a wonderful inspiration. Away with the traditional, ounce of this, small pinch of this and so many ml of this. He just enjoys it and throws in what he thinks will work. A notion I have based much of my cooking around as I have learned how food 'works'. I'm glad Olive did such a cracking job in the veggie patch. Ours would have spied us out of the corner of the eye with a look of 'You want me to do what with the ground??!'

the paintings aren't on silk, just very pretty... found a couple of years back at the thrift store, they are some of my favorite pictures :)

as for little olive, indeed her favorite thing is to be in the veggie patch doing her digging... it is her forte, her speciality, and if she isn't in the veggie patch then it is the yard. huge pot holes appear causing me quite the problem if i am not watching my step. so we figured out, if the little pesky dog has to dig then why not make it useful digging... hence moving her along the veggie patch, turning over the soil and weeds.

once it's all planted up we will have trouble on her hands, i'm thinking she could have her own little bit of veggie patch, not unlike a 'sand pit' for her to play in :)

"if i go to sleep at nightknowing i have visited my imagination, however fleeting it may have been, then i know i have spent my day wisely"~ Tif

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